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antipathy
[ an-tip-uh-thee ]
noun
- a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion.
Synonyms: hatred, detestation, abhorrence, disgust
Antonyms: attraction
- an instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling.
- an object of natural aversion or habitual dislike.
antipathy
/ ænˈtɪpəθɪ /
noun
- a feeling of intense aversion, dislike, or hostility
- the object of such a feeling
Other Words From
- an·tipa·thist noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of antipathy1
Word History and Origins
Origin of antipathy1
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Example Sentences
But what they do have in common, I think, is being told what to do: their antipathy to that.
On the Democratic side of the ledger antipathy towards free trade is presumed and, by now, historic.
A little while ago I asked a Texas conservative I know to unpack the antipathy aroused by Cruz.
He cannot disguise his longstanding antipathy toward the British.
The antipathy toward America in the Middle East continues even after the architects of the Iraq war have exited the stage.
Houses innumerable had been built for it on deck, but the sagacious animal had a rooted antipathy to restraint.
He did not appear to notice the half-outstretched hand, and Dick felt as though there was an instinctive antipathy between them.
In the new Parliament that antipathy amounted almost to a mania.
From this you can conclude that if you are antipathetic to me, this antipathy proceeds fundamentally from myself.
National antipathy operated on some minds, religious antipathy on others.
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